Master Ayub
Mohammad Ayub Khan (Urdu: محمد ایوب خان), better known as Master Ayub, is a Pakistani educator, philanthropist and civil servant who is known for spending his after-job hours and weekends teaching students in an open-air school in F6 sector, Islamabad.[1][3][4]
Master Ayub | |
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 Master Ayub sitting among his students at a park in Islamabad | |
| Born | Mohammad Ayub Khan محمد ایوب خان |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Occupation | Education Activist, Firefighter |
| Years active | 1986-present |
| Known for | Free of cost teaching in open air[1] |
| Awards | Pride of Performance[2] |
Master Ayub has received the Pride of Performance award for his efforts over the decades.[2]
Personal life
Ayub, originally belonging to Mandi Bahauddin, is a firefighter at Fire Brigade. He has been in Islamabad since 30 years. Ayub started his open air, free of cost school when he moved to Islamabad for the job at Fire Brigade.[5]
Free of cost teaching
Ayub started teaching a group of four students in Islamabad's sector, F-6. The students have been increasing exponentially and currently 200 students are enrolled in the school. All the students studying at the school are underprivileged and are being taught free of cost.[5]
See also
References
- Khan, Saadia (7 December 2014). "Master Ayub: Learning without a price tag". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- Usman, Maryam (21 September 2014). "International day of peace: Smiles give new meaning to peace". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- Ali, Sobia (21 July 2011). "Voices Of Pakistan: Drifting In And Out Of Education". Huffington Post. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- "PAKISTAN: Quality education still a long way off". IRIN News. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- Jazeera, Al. "Teaching Pakistan's Poor How To Read". interactive.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2016-04-07.